We have a monster of a storm system passing south and east of New England today. This is providing some high cloudiness to the parts of Southern New England this morning. There looks like there might have been a few snow showers or flurries on the Cape earlier, but those have since moved to the east.
We will be under the influence of high pressure for today and tomorrow, this will keep the skies generally clear into the day on Saturday. We'll then turn our attention to a "clipper" system riding along the US/Canada border. A clipper refers to an Alberta Clipper. A low pressure system that develops in the Canadian Plains and skirts along the Northern United States, usually fast moving and lacking in moisture, particularly in the winter months. This will pass just north of New England over the weekend.
This should bring a few snow showers and flurries to the White and Green Mountains over the weekend, also bringing the chance of a few flurries or rain/snow showers to Southern New Hampshire and Northern Massachusetts. There will probably be some light accumulations in the Mountains, but nothing elsewhere. Temperatures this weekend in Southern New England should creep up over the freezing mark. Central and Southern New England will stay at or below freezing.
There is still some uncertainty with any storm systems next week, but there is one thing that I am pretty sure of. That is a warm up during the middle of next week. We probably couldn't ask for anything better, as right now it appears that the mild air will come in with dry weather, not wet. This will help with some melt, but won't lead to any flooding concerns. We really need to knock down this snow pack before spring arrives or there are going to be some major problems in terms of flooding.
That is all for now. Enjoy the cool, but pleasant conditions the next couple of days.
Thanks for reading!
-Jon K.
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